Lansing native Bryn Forbes, shown here being interviewed by WLNS-6 sports director Fred Heumann, won two state titles at Lansing Sexton High School before spending his first two seasons at Cleveland State.Mike Griffith | Mlive.com

DIMONDALE — Michigan State junior transfer Bryn Forbes turned 21 years old on Wednesday, making him "legal" in at least one respect.

Forbes has yet to be made legal in another sense — his eligibility to play this coming season.

The Lansing native and former Lansing Sexton High School standout remains in limbo after appealing to the NCAA for immediate eligibility.

"I'm still waiting to hear; hopefully in the next month,'' Forbes told Mlive.com on Tuesday night following his Moneyball summer league game.

Forbes, who signed with the Spartans on June 13 after two seasons at Cleveland State, has applied for a hardship waiver, as he has an immediate relative in the Lansing area dealing with an illness.

Forbes has two years of eligibility remaining, but if the NCAA denies his waiver request, he would be mandated to sit out this season.

The 6-foot-3, 175-pound Forbes would be a welcome addition to a Michigan State squad that lost shooting guard Gary Harris, along with power forward Adreian Payne and point guard Keith Appling from last season's 29-9, Elite Eight and Big Ten tournament championship team.

"Bryn is one of the best shooters I've ever seen, hands down,'' said Spartans' senior point guard Travis Trice, who along with junior Denzel Valentine has been named a team captain. "That ability he has to shoot the ball will really space the floor.''

Forbes led Cleveland State (21-12) in scoring with 15.6 points per game last season, shooting 42.4 percent from beyond the 3-point arc (81-of-191) and making 82.6 percent of his shots from the free-throw line (109-132).

Harris, the first-round NBA draft pick of the Denver Nuggets, shot 81-of-230 (35.2 percent) from 3-point range last season and 81 percent (115-142) from the free-throw line.

What Forbes lacks, however, is Harris' muscular frame and lock-down defensive abilities.

"I want to gain weight and strength, and I'm in the gym every day working on skills and ball handling,'' Forbes said. "Right now I'm working on playing the one, the two and the three, a combo guard, but I'm here to do whatever Coach (Tom) Izzo asks me to do.''

Forbes did it all at Cleveland State, earning the Horizon League's Newcomer of the Year Award as a freshman.

In his final game, a 64-62 loss to Ohio, Forbes scored 20 points on 7-of-12 shooting and pulled down a team-high nine rebounds.

He said his transition to Michigan State, which includes being reunited with former Sexton teammate Denzel Valentine, has been seamless.

"I wouldn't say the transition took too long at all,'' said Forbes, who won two state titles at Sexton alongside Valentine. "It's as much playing ball with Denzel now as it was the first time, if not more.

"We have some good team chemistry already, and I'm playing with a lot of skill guys — it's easier to play with skill guys.''

Forbes hasn't been shy about putting his skills on display in the Moneyball league on Tuesday and Thursday nights at the Aim High facility, averaging 25.3 points per game and 3.3 converted 3-point shots in each contest at a 56.1-percent clip.

Forbes wore the number two for the Vikings (Cleveland State highlights in YouTube video below).